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  • How to install Exodus on Kodi

    Temporary Update: TVAddons - the website I’ve used to install Exodus as part of this tutorial - has been taken offline. If I find an alternative I’ll update this post. Until then, unfortunately:THIS METHOD WILL NOT CURRENTLY WORK.

    May 14, 2017
  • Automatic SEO-friendly "nofollow" links with Jekyll (works with GitHub Pages)

    I’ve recently been looking for a way to automatically rel=”nofollow” my outbound links in Jekyll, so that they’re SEO-friendly and I can add some custom styling to them.

    Apr 11, 2017
  • How to install Kodi on an Amazon Fire Stick (using a Mac or PC)

    Dec 28, 2016
  • How to install CyanogenMod on the Wilyfox Swift

    Update: the CyanogenMod project has ceased and it is becoming LineageOS. I'll update this, or write a new guide when I know more.

    Dec 13, 2016
  • How to restrict OpenVPN to certain devices in DD-WRT

    OpenVPN on DD-WRT offers a great feature, whereby you can restrict the VPN to only specified IP addresses.

    Nov 1, 2016
  • Use a random Unsplash image as your Ghost background

    This one’s super cool, and super easy!

    Oct 22, 2016
  • Adding estimated reading time to Ghost blog posts

    Fancy giving your users a bit of a reading time estimate?

    Oct 22, 2016
  • How to easily insert buttons into Ghost blog posts

    Skip to tutorial

    Aug 7, 2016
  • How to stream live TV from Amazon's Fire Stick

    Know what you’re doing and just looking for the right app? Try TV Player.

    Jul 24, 2016
  • How to find out if Varnish is working on your site

    Easy method:

    Jul 16, 2016
  • iOS 9's Wi-Fi Assist might be munching through your data

    Noticed a pretty sharp rise in your data usage since upgrading to iOS 9?

    Feb 14, 2016
  • How to add Disqus comments to Ghost without editing core files

    Update: 09/08/16

    Aug 31, 2015
  • Become a Content Marketing Wizard with the Most Shared Keywords in Early 2015

    HubSpot have put together a fantastic list of the most shared keywords from early 2015 (split by social network and category).

    Jun 29, 2015
  • How to use MailChimp RSS campaigns with CloudFlare Flexible SSL

    MailChimp is a great (free, and I love free) way to allow people to subscribe to email updates from your blog. As soon as I can figure out some of Ghost’s RSS kinks, I’ll enable it for this blog (in addition to RSS subscriptions).

    Jan 1, 2015
  • How to enlarge an application without using Spaces in OS X

    Frustrated with Yosemite always enlarging your app into its own Space? Sometimes it’s handy, but sometimes you just want to enlarge the window a little.

    Dec 31, 2014
  • Speed up your Ghost blog with InstantClick

    - UPDATE 21/06/15 -

    Dec 25, 2014
  • How to fix Ghost's slow login on Raspberry Pi

    If you’ve got a copy of Ghost running on a Raspberry Pi (or perhaps another ARM-based server) you’ll probably have noticed that it takes AAAAAGES to login.

    Dec 25, 2014
  • Blink and you'll miss it! Lightning-fast websites with InstantClick (WordPress plugin included)

    Earlier today I thought to myself, “if browsers can prefetch DNS, surely JavaScript could prefecth web pages?”

    Nov 19, 2014
  • How to enable Mail Drop in OS X Yosemite

    One of Yosemite’s nifty new features is a little something called Mail Drop, which automatically uploads large email attachments to iCloud and allows people to download them when they receive the email. Perfect for mail servers with size limits.

    Nov 11, 2014
  • Enable Text Message Forwarding in iOS 8.1 (send SMS messages from your Mac or iPad)

    Quick links:

    Oct 21, 2014
  • Find out if Google's mod_pagespeed is working on your site

    Easy method:

    Oct 18, 2014
  • Exclude query string parameters from Google Analytics for a more accurate page views statistic

    Oct 18, 2014
  • Fix OS X Mail's formatting in all email clients (including Outlook)

    If you’ve ever seen emails you’ve sent from Mail on your Mac on someone else’s computer, you might have been more than a little confused by the formatting. Especially in Outlook.

    Jul 26, 2014
  • How to make keyboard shortcuts for your bookmarks, in Max OS X

    Jun 6, 2014
  • How to run Ghost effectively, from a Raspberry Pi

    Feb 23, 2014
  • How to setup CloudFlare CDN on your Raspberry Pi with automatic dynamic DNS updates

    Feb 23, 2014
  • How to install Varnish Cache on a Raspberry Pi

    Feb 19, 2014
  • How to set up the Ghost blogging platform (with node.js and Forever) on a Raspberry Pi

    Feb 19, 2014
  • How to set up node.js on a Raspberry Pi

    Feb 19, 2014
  • How to run a Raspberry Pi from a USB drive

    Feb 16, 2014
  • DL

    David, thank you for such a fantastic gift.

    Feb 16, 2014

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